Chapter 440

The Forbidden City is actually the emperor's cage, many emperors have never been out of this cage in their lives, and the imperial city is also a slightly larger royal community.

In the era when there was no network and computer, Cheng Shijie actually had little time to stay in the Ming Dynasty, and more time was actually in the later generations, but Cheng Jialong preferred to be in the Ming Dynasty, because in the later generations, he was an ordinary teenager, facing heavy studies, endless homework, and ubiquitous comparisons.

In this case, he had a very difficult time, however, it was different in the Ming Dynasty, it turned out that he was the son of the chief soldier of the Ning Navy, the young marshal of the Mandate of Heaven, but now he has become the prince of Guangping, and there has been no shortage of people around him to tie him up, not to mention, Cheng Jialong still has great power.

Gao Jie's command is now under the guidance of Cheng Jialong, and there are 20,000 or 30,000 people working under his hands, and these 20,000 or 30,000 people are 20,000 or 30,000 families, and Cheng Jialong can occupy a piece of land in Haiwang at any time and establish himself as the king, in fact, even if he is not self-reliant, as long as Cheng Shijie dies, he will definitely not be like Huo Guang's son Huo Yu.

Although Cheng Jialong and Cheng Shijie did not say it explicitly, he would not force Cheng Shijie to be the emperor, but as long as Cheng Shijie let go in the future, Cheng Jialong would definitely learn from Cao Pi.

Now Cheng Shijie is also very troubled, Cheng Jialong has realized his shortcomings, is studying frantically, using Cheng Shijie to return to the next generation, he is no longer the same as before, he can't read books, and he has no self-motivation to learn, and now he is also fighting, and he has invited four tutors alone, studying political science, finance, economics, and of course, the military.

Cheng Shijie was reluctant to enter such a cage, but Cheng Jialong was very willing.

Cheng Shijie thought about it for a long time and decided to go with the flow. Of course, Cheng Shijie also knows the real purpose of these people trying to persuade them, and now these generals and officials in the Ning Navy system are one with Cheng Shijie's interests, even now, Cheng Shijie has not rewarded the generals and officials under his command with titles.

However, as long as Cheng Shijie becomes the emperor, he must reward the heroes. In that year, Liu Bang became the emperor and was divided into 147 marquis, and Zhu Yuanzhang became the emperor when he founded the country, and was divided into 25 dukes, 79 marquises, 12 earls, 11 viscounts, and 23 barons.

The founding emperors of all dynasties are actually the same, they will all adopt the same way, Cheng Shijie can be unwilling to be an emperor and enter that cage, but the problem is that he can't prevent these people under his command from being promoted and getting rich.

persuasion, in fact, is also for promotion, Cheng Shijie does not become the emperor, these people will not be at peace in their hearts, why Lao Tzu is working hard, but he can't shade future generations?

Which parent's struggle is for themselves? It's not to make the child live a better life and live a better life, but the parents have suffered and don't want the child to suffer again.

Cheng Shijie began to think about the next important question, where should the future of Daming go.

Just when Zhou Ning returned to the General Staff, Wu Sheng and Song Xiance hurriedly surrounded him and asked, "Chief of General Staff Zhou, how is it?" ”

"Alas......"

Zhou Ning let out a long sigh.

Although he hasn't officially answered yet, seeing Zhou Ning like this, who doesn't know that this is actually the answer.

Song Xiance sighed, since Cheng Shijie is unwilling, no one can force him, because Cheng Shijie has now firmly grasped the military power, especially after the Meng En incident, even if they want to use Cheng Shijie's name to use soldiers to persuade him, it will not work.

Although the General Staff of the Ming Dynasty has the authority to directly mobilize the army in wartime, and the army will also have the right to make decisions, but within the control of Cheng Shijie's Guards Brigade, no army is allowed to approach without an order.

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Chang'an, the same headache is still Niu Jinxing, Niu Jinxing is Li Zicheng's military advisor, Niu Jinxing was falsely accused of resisting taxes and forcibly occupying 18 women because of a provocation with a relative surnamed Wang (Yiyun "a giant gentry who resents the same town with things"), and was "wronged", was dismissed and raised, and served as an errand in the Lu family.

Later, Niu Jinxing became Li Zicheng's prisoner, as a rare literati under Li Zicheng, Li Zicheng asked Niu Jinxing for advice, it happened that Lu Xiangsheng had to withdraw due to the Mongol invasion at that time, Niu Jinxing became Li Zicheng's military advisor, and now Li Zicheng was named a scholar of Tianyou Palace, the head of civil officials, and the power of the prime minister.

Li Zicheng also married his twelve-year-old daughter Li Cuiwei to Niu Jinxing's son Niu Yan, and now Niu Jinxing is not only a monarch and a minister relationship with Li Zicheng, but also a relationship between his children and daughters.

When Zhu Yan saw Niu Jinxing coming back, he hurriedly greeted him, and after talking for a while, he saw that there was no one around, so he lowered his voice and asked, "Father, is it done?" ”

"Nope!"

Bull Venus shook his head.

Niu Yan was very puzzled: "Father, the general trend of the world has been decided, does Daqin still have a chance?" ”

Niu Jinxing's eyes were cold, and he also said in a low voice: "The regent of the prison country, as a father, I can't expect him." ”

"Is there anyone in this world who my father didn't expect?"

"Before this battle, my father had misjudged him, and now I don't dare to speculate. However, for his father's past style, he may have to go before Hu. It was Jiannu before, and when Jiannu was finished, he cleaned up the toast in various places and changed the land and returned to the stream, so that Chang'an would have at least two or three years of peace. ”

"Returning to the Stream?"

Niu Yan said: "The Central Plains is unified, and it is difficult to gain the upper hand over the Tusi, does he want to rely on him to destroy the Disi?" It's unlikely! Although Nanjing won a great victory this time, it was not easy for him to win, it is said that there were more than 10,000 casualties, even Jiannu in his heyday, he failed to do this, but the group of scholars in Nanjing did it, it can be seen that he is not as strong as rumored! ”

"Not necessarily."

Niu Jinxing said: "At the time of the Three Kingdoms, the three kingdoms of Wei, Wu, and Shu, who did not only have a few states, and which one had the tendency of unification?" Still beating your beard! The battle against Hu lies in the effective struggle of force, not in the number of people and the amount of land. Since the collapse of the Ming Dynasty, the emperors below Chongzhen are not good at governing the country, the more land, the more ineffective the governance, the more population, the more serious the internal friction. Cheng Shijie is only a hegemon in terms of talent, and as a result, he can fight hard and deter the world. ”

Niu Jinxing is an extreme egoism, he is actually not as loyal to Li Zicheng as he appears on the surface, even if Niu Jinxing is only a person in the seventh year of the Apocalypse, and he has been removed from his fame, in fact, he really didn't take a fancy to Li Zicheng, and persuaded Li Zicheng to ascend the throne three times and twice, which was just roasting Li Zicheng on the fire.

The general trend of the world has long been clear when Cheng Shijie went north, Niu Jinxing is not without seeing through, he persuaded Li Zicheng, that is, Li Zicheng is the most dazzling target, as long as Li Zicheng does not withstand the temptation and officially ascends the throne, Cheng Shijie and the hundreds of thousands of elite strong troops under his command will lock the target on Li Zicheng, with Li Zicheng's dazzling torch, he can go dark and take the opportunity to disappear.

After a long time, Niu Yan sighed and said: "That one is ruthless to the gentry, ruthless to the scholars, and ruthless to Xiyi, it is said that this time he not only started a war against Xiaori, but also against Dutch, and now he is about to start a war with Tusi, the emperors of all dynasties, even if it is Qin Emperor Han Wu, Tang Zong and Song Zu, who is not helpless against Tusi?" But he killed himself! ”

"No, it seems that he is the real heavenly man, and his decision cannot be fathomed!"

"So what do we do? Just huddle at home and wait for death? ”

"You and I, father and son, are shrinking at this time, just in time."

Niu Jinxing said: "It's not our turn to worry about major things. The last days of the country look at the people. To leave an extra life is to leave a little more hope; The prosperity of the country depends on academics, and one more dossier will increase the prosperity of the future by one foot. ”

Niu Yan was silent for a long time and sighed: "It's still your father, you have a long-term view." This matter is not dangerous for us, but it is a great achievement! ”

In history, after Li Zicheng ascended the throne, he created an excuse for Wu Sangui to attract Qing soldiers, and when Li Zicheng was defeated, Niu Jinxing slandered and killed Li Yan, causing the rebel army to be disheartened, and Song Xiance ran away.

Because many people believe that Niu Jinxing is the culprit of Li Zicheng's failure, in fact, Niu Jinxing slandered and killed Li Yan, but because he wanted to try to save Li Zicheng's defeat.

This is Li Zicheng's line dispute, Li Yan represents the ideal faction in Li Zicheng's army, but this faction occupies the majority of the people: "Kill cattle and sheep, prepare wine and syrup, open the city gate to meet the king, and the king will not pay for food when he comes!" ”

But the problem is that when an army of rogues is completed, this policy can be completed, but the problem is that when Li Zicheng becomes the monarch, this will become the root of the defeat of Li Zicheng's army. Will killing the gentry solve the problem?

Actually, it doesn't, it's creating new problems.

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After Cheng Shijie arrived in Nanjing from Beijing, he came to Jiangnan, and did not return to Beijing, but took the Guards Brigade to travel around the Jiangnan Prefectures.

Naturally, it is impossible to scrub the government in such a short period of time before and after the war, but because Cheng Shijie's figure keeps appearing everywhere. Officials everywhere have awakened their spirits, they dare not slack off, they do not dare to be greedy, there is no way, no one has the courage to meet the supreme commander at any time.

Just a few of them didn't have long eyes and hit the muzzle of the gun. Naturally, Cheng Shijie was cut out to make an example of the chickens, and these corrupt officials or dereliction of duty officials were hung on trees by Cheng Shijie to warn others.

In the past few months, the place in the south of the Yangtze River has been surprisingly calm, and the social order is surprisingly good, and there is no strong enemy harassment outside the country for the time being.

Of course, the people are still poor, and it is normal to have no food to eat, that is, the clothes in the winter are not covered, although the people of this era are far more cold-resistant than the era when Cheng Shijie came, but the clothes are thin and the food is not hungry, there is not enough physical energy to keep out the cold, and it is difficult for a snow to fall.

However, due to Cheng Shijie and the Ming government, the lives of the people in Jiangnan are improving rapidly, but the problem is that even if there is a shadow under the sun, it is possible to solve most of the problems with cash-for-work, but it cannot solve all the problems.

In June, in Longshan County, Yongshun Prefecture, Huguang, there was a collective drowning incident in Longshan County, which was appalling in peacetime, but did not set off too much waves in this troubled era.

However, Cheng Shijie was extremely sad and indignant, from a member of the Yongshun Executive Committee to a member of the Longshan Working Committee. A row knelt down in front of Cheng Shijie and kowtowed to admit his mistake.

The cause of the incident is that these more than 100 people, because there is no man in charge of the family, and the old and the young, even if they go to the construction site to work, they have not been able to assess their performance, so they can only be given half a salary as required, that is, five liters of grain per day, and five liters of grain in the future generations, enough for a family of five to eat for three days.

That's because people in later generations have a lot of vegetables, meat can be eaten, the amount of food is small, and there is excess nutrition, but in this era, the people have no oil and water in their stomachs, and the amount of food is huge, ordinary twelve or thirteen-year-old children, eating one liter of rice at a meal, is not a problem at all, if there are many children, five liters of rice is simply hanging to death.

In this world, there is no way to cure only poor diseases, so the old and weak women and children who have no way out can't bear to watch their young children bear such a big burden, so fifty-five people who are over fifty years old, thirty-seven people who are over sixty years old, and more than a dozen seventy-year-old people committed suicide by jumping into the river together, because the reservoir is being repaired downstream, these corpses were found as soon as possible, and stabbed Cheng Shijie here.

Is there a problem with these officials? Yes, there is a real problem, a crime of dereliction of duty is indispensable, but Shi Jie really didn't do it ruthlessly, because this is the sadness of this era, the regulations are dead, how to speak? If the gift is open to those who are unable to work, a large number of lazy people who are "unable to work" will appear.

Cheng Shijie did not order the dismissal of the officials of the executive committee of Yongshun Province and the Longshan Working Committee, but only punished them.

Just when Cheng Shijie was busy using his own practical actions to inspect the state capitals in the south of the Yangtze River back and forth, on the wharf in Liaodong, a fleet of ships of quite astonishing scale raised their sails, and a large number of people and materials boarded the ship, ready to go to sea.

Shen Qidong, the son of Shen Boyun, the commander-in-chief of this fleet, although Shen Qidong is the son of Shen Boyun, a cabinet member, he really did not receive preferential treatment from Shen Boyun, because he had gone through nine deaths and a lifetime, he found out that Zhan Zhou, when he came back, he was seriously ill and almost died, if it weren't for Cheng Shijie from the afterlife to bring good medicine to cure the disease, Shen Qidong would have died long ago.

Because of the great achievement of discovering Zhan Zhou, Cheng Shijie named Shen Qidong the governor of the Americas, and a large group of Spanish sailors watched from the side, and they were quite puzzled.

To tell the truth, they were quite envious of Shen Qidong, the emperor of the Ming Dynasty was so supportive of his cause that he sent twenty-six giant shark-class warships to escort him, and at the same time had the most outstanding craftsmen build the largest sea ships for the expedition fleet, several of which had a displacement of an astonishing two thousand tons.

Even in Spain, where the shipbuilding industry is highly developed, such huge ships are rare.

Daming's strong national strength also provided a strong guarantee for this expedition, the canned meat, vegetables and even canned fruits that can be kept for two or three years in the cabin are piled up, and the fresh water is also unusually sufficient, so that the sailors of the Ming Dynasty also brought a lot of soybeans, saying that they are tired of eating canned food and use these soybeans to sprout to satisfy their hunger.

The Spanish sailors, who munched on maggots' bread and jerky, were silent and wept as they shuttled between the Pacific and Atlantic oceans......

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